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| Dado — the solid block or cube forming the body of a pedestal on Classical architecture, between the base-moulding and cornice: an architectural arrangement of moldings, &c,. round the lower part of the walls of a room, resembling a continuous pedestal. (See Pedestal.)
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| Dentels — (Lat. Denticulus = a Little tooth), Ornaments resembling teeth, used in the bed-moulding of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
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| Diastyle — an arrangement of columcs in Grecian and Roman architecture in which the inter-columniation or space between them is equal to three, or according to some, four diameters of the shaft.
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| Dome — a cupola; the term is derived from the Italia, duomo, a cathedral, the custom of rercting cupolas on those building having been so prevalent that the namedome has, in the French and English languages, been transferred from the church to this kind of roof, (See Cupola.)
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| Doric Order — The column and entablature developed by the Dorian Greeks, sturdy in proportion, with a simple cushion capital.
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| Dormer — a window pierced through a sloping roof and placed in a small gable which rises on the side of the roof. There do not appear to be any dormers now existing of an earlier date than the middle of the fourteenth century. It was usually the window of the sleeping - apartments; hence-the name Dormer, from
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| Dressings — (1.) The moulding and sculptured decorations of all kinds which are used on the walls and ceilings of a building for the purpose of ornament; (2.) Applied to a square opening in the stonework of moulding which surround it like a frame, such as a brick building with stone dressings.
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